As I fruitlessly circled Halsted, I thought to myself, "Shakes! PPK-ers! Mint chocolate shake!" but it was not to be. That was a lot of people, and all of them were stopping me from parking. So I went home, and bought coconut milk ice cream on the way home. NOT THE SAME.

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choirqueer wrote:

kara kara wrote:

Bah! Stupid work. I'm not off 'til 8.30, and then I have to go to a going away party for one of my team leaders. Have an excellent time, CQ!

Oh no! I don't think I realized that you live in Chicago! I really want to see you! :(

D'awww! I'd really like to see you too! I work all weekend, but PM me if you think you might stop by the GIANT Whole Foods (North and Kingsbury, just west of the North & Clybourn Red Line). I'm usually running around the wine department.

_________________I just brought out the carrot sticks. This is war. - paprikapapaya

It sounds like this is going to be a very small meetup, unless people are planning to come who haven't said anything. That's totally cool, since I seem to recall it's not easy to seat a large group in the Diner...but, I'm really sorry to all of you who can't make it! I wish I could have picked a day when more people were free.

_________________Man, fork the gender card, imma come at you with the whole damned gender deck. - Olives Did you ever think that, like, YOU are a sexy costume FOR a diva cup? - solipsistnationblog!FB!

Actually I'm kinda bummed out about the quality of the Diner. I've been there a few times before and it was always pretty good, but this time it was just kinda meh. And they now serve dairy cheese, with great enthusiasm, which was kind of off-putting since the whole reason I like to go there and will pay those outrageous prices is to support a vegan business. The milkshake was great, of course...but, I think next time I have the choice, I'll choose one of the other vegan restaurants in the city, of which there are so many, and so many of them are really good! I had brunch at Native Foods this morning, for instance, which was fantastic. :D

I might have some free time tomorrow or possibly Saturday, if you want to still try to hang out!

_________________Man, fork the gender card, imma come at you with the whole damned gender deck. - Olives Did you ever think that, like, YOU are a sexy costume FOR a diva cup? - solipsistnationblog!FB!

The Chicago Diner has always been vegetarian, with the ability to veganize pretty much anything on the menu. I'm sorry your visit sucked though :( I wonder if the food quality was subpar because they're in the process of opening a second location, so maybe the management aren't really attentive right now.

_________________In addition to BB creams, we now have CC creams and even DD creams. Where's my ZZ cream? I need help growing a sweet beard.-amandabear